Competitions · Poland

Cube Factory 2023

Łódź · 25 March 2023 · 7 events · 100 competitors · 101 personal bests

Kajetan Opach won three of the seven events (3×3, 2×2, 4×4) and the closest final was the 2×2, won by Kajetan Opach by 0.01 seconds. 100 competitors produced 101 personal bests, 30 of which still stand today, and 29 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

A continental record

Krzysztof Bober set the 3×3 blindfolded single continental record: 15.02.

Three wins

Kajetan Opach — 3×3, 2×2, 4×4

0.01s

closest final — 2×2, Kajetan Opach over Igor Gładysz

101

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Kajetan Opach	6.36	7.87
2×2	Kajetan Opach	1.14	2.15
4×4	Kajetan Opach	25.34	29.19
3×3 blindfolded	Krzysztof Bober	15.02	—
Clock	Karol Piskorek	4.62	5.62
Pyraminx	Jakub Hibszer	1.85	2.07
Square-1	Michał Krasowski	5.39	7.87

The PB harvest

101 set · 30 still standing

Krzysztof Bober — 3×3 blindfolded single 15.02: into the top 0.16% of the event's history.
Szymon Grodzki — Square-1 single 7.07: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.
Serhii Yakovliev (Сергій Яковлєв) — 3×3 single 7.79: into the top 2.4% of the event's history.
Przemysław Rogalski — Square-1 single 9.11: into the top 4.6% of the event's history.
Igor Nowak — 3×3 single 9.22: into the top 5.4% of the event's history.
Krzysztof Kuncki — 3×3 single 10.37: into the top 8.6% of the event's history.
Antoni Zganiacz — 2×2 single 2.67: into the top 10.6% of the event's history.
Nikodem Ciepłucha — Pyraminx single 4.92: into the top 12.7% of the event's history.

First-timers

29 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 37,591 people who made their debut in 2023. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

2 regional records were set at this competition.

The field

100 competitors · 730 results · 7 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Kajetan Opach won it with a 7.87 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

1L U D B L2 F' R B2 D R' U2 B2 R' L2 D2 L B2 U2 B2 L2
2L U2 B2 R2 B R2 U2 B' R2 F' U' F2 U' L F2 D R2 U' L D
3F2 R F2 U2 B2 L2 F2 U2 L B2 R' D2 B D2 L' D U' L B' R
4B' D2 F L2 B F2 R2 B' L F' L B' R' U L2 B R' B2 U
5U B L' U2 L D' L B2 D' L2 D' L2 B2 D F2 R' F' D2

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

100 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.